St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-03
of humanity and the government of the peo-
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Upon behalf Of Pickett'S veterans,

eII s ulNlSlOH dSSOcldltOIl, TeSpOLueu dS
follows:
Friends and Comrades-I desire TO tender
you our heartfelt thanks for the kind. cordial
and hearty welcome extended to us on this.
an occasion never TO be forgotten by MS. but
cherished and remembered as a bright spot
in the checkered pathway of life. II IN the
remarks which desire to make Oh a subject
on which / have thought much and felt
deeply should be led to say some things
which might be better left unsaid. attribute
them to the warmth of my feelings on the
subject bear in mind that am speaking IN
no representative capacity. but am solely re-
spOnsible for the sentiments utter. Per
haps some of you have seen an article in the
New York Herald on the subject OF a Union
monument to be erected on the
spot selected by Hancocks and Pickett's
divisions which should be national i'll its
character, not commemorative OF any par
ticular division Of either army. but to the
memory OF our dead of both armies. monu-
menI of American valor and magnanimity,
monument which would stand as pledge OF
perpetual union, seeing we unite i'll doing
HONOR TO OUR DEAD;
a pledge of perpetual reconciliation. Miz-
pah stone, its shafts pointing upward. call
ing upon Heaven to witness our reconcilia-
ton and renewed covenant that neither OF
us would ever pass it TO harm the other, and
saving. in the language of the Scripture:
And what shall l say for those,
my comrades. endeared by privations shared,
hardships endured and dangers encountered.
Scarcely is there a battlefield from Bull Run
TO AppOmattoX on which some dear TO me
did not crown with their lives their devotion
to their native states. Dear comrades hon
ored as men, loved as companions, cold in
death will my heart be ere cease TO love and
honor YOU Yet my heart is large enough 10
embrace my whole country from the Atlantic
to Pacific from the lakes to the gulf, to re-
joice in her prosperity, to glory in her great
ness. to feel a thrill of pride when her course
,zrl,t = eTufln
when her magnaninity equals her
power. And 10 you, gentlemen, OF
Gettysburg, let me say this is an opportunity
to display a magnanimity worthy OF TINS
great nation. Leave 10 time, the touchstone
OF which tries all human action, the question
of any right or wrong involved. Let the tut
ure historian, probably yet unborn, try the
cause. and posterity will render verdict
which Is apt to be just. To them let us leave
ii. Its deeds have been done, Its drama
closed, but for our country there remains
future. We too are making history. II this
occasion. being in the interest OF peace and
reconciliation, will fill a bright page IN
that history. with what luStre would mat
one shine which would record similar re-
union, national in its character in which
should be barred all rancor and hatred, from
which we could go forth, not merely citizens,
but friends and brothers animated by one
aim, the greatness and glory Of our common
country. Adopt in its true spirit the union
monuments suggested and with a magnanlm-
ity broad enough to cover our whole country,
deep enough to bury in oblivion the bitter
ness and hate of past strife. build on the spot
suggested Il monument to lmmortaIlZe Amer
lean valor, and demonstrate
AMERICAN MAGEANIMITY.
Upon the completion OF Reeves
speech Col. Barnes introduced Col. Al
eXander X. Mcclure, of Philadelphia
PENNSYLVANIA generally to the Virgin
ians. In concluding his address Col.
Mcclure said:
greet YOU in the name of the great North
now inseparably interviewer with the great
South in sympathy. in interest and IN fellow
ship. Free government is stronger at home
and mightier abroad to-day because of the
wounds of civil war and our children and
our children's children will turn 10 It's sacrl-
fees, its sorrows and its irreyocable Judg-
ments as sweet guarantee that govern
ment of the people by the people ana Tor the
people shall not perish from the earth.
COL. WILLIAM r. AYLET,
who succeeded Gen. Armistad as COM
mander of the brigade upon the death
of Armistad, having been chosen to re-
spOnd on behalf of the state OF Virginia
to PennSylvania's welcome, said:
Not only do we receive and shall ever
treasure the noble sentiments of Col. Nc
Clure as the voice of Pennsylvania and her
chief city, but of those brave men who met
US here twenty-four years ago Wltha Valor we
could not overcome, and who meet here TO-
night with a loving welcome so dear 10 us
and TO our people Not only do we cherish
the sentiments so nobly expressed, SO warm
and true from the hearts of our brethren OF
| the North, but remembering the avocaton
| and prOfuSiOn of the gifted speaker, We hear
| in loudness the voice of the Amer
! lean press, that power mlghuer than
armies and nations, mightler than the SWORDS
and ceptres- of Kings, on whose supporting
| arm the Goddess of Liberty leans. ana whose
6.i1 1rr friend
! ship and love once more bind the American
people with the golden band OF lndlssoiuble
! and perpetual union. Yes, my countrymen,
| the press and the brave and generous soldiers
of our land have brought this night and these
| scenes TO pass. All honor and love to both.
Among the sentiments uttered by Col.
Aylette were these:
i utter it as statement that comes swelling
uD from every bosom of the nation and the
south. that the man VINO would reklnQle
again that feeling which filed our land with
death and terror and grief and mourning,
with graves and suffering, is not only un-
worthy Of the high title of American citizen
but even of that of human being, ana should
find no home or friends on earth or IN heaV-
en- There is not true man at
the South but who feels as II ne would IKE
to stand at the tombs of Lincoln and Grant
to plant flower there and to water IL win
a manly tear. In the presence ofa feeling like
this too sacred and deep for utterance What
matters it who shall keep the battle hags!
They passed into your hands in brave and
manly combat untouched by dishonor after
baptism i'll blood that made the gray jacket
MANTLE OF GLORY,
and we are as willing your people houid
keep them as ours. They are in the hands
of our government, to whom our nonor
should be as dear as the crown Of victory.
Speeches were also made by Gen. w.
F. Smith, Gen. j. L. Owen. Gen. Isaac
p. Wistar, Col. John II. Taggart and
others for the Blue" and by Col.
Charles L. Loehr, secretary of Pickett's
Division association; Col. j. +. Crocker,
Col. H. NJ. Stribling, DIR. j. \. Marthall,
Col. Vinoleum Smith, Col. Kirk Stey
and others on behalf of the Gray"
John w. GraZcra, secretary OF the COM
mittee of arrangements. stated that let
ters of regret had been received from
the president and his cabinet. from
Senator Sherman, Gov. FitZ Hugh Lee,
of Philadelphia; Gen. Louis Mag-
ner. Hon. George w. Childs,
! George William Curtis, Charles
4. Dana, Gen. ID. H. Hastings, adJutant
general of Pennsylvania, Gibson, Pea
cock and others. The presidents S letter
! was read. 1t was as fOllowS:
Executive Mansion. Washington, June "a.
| i have received your invitation 10 attend as
/ q guest of the Philadelphia brigade and N
! ion Of confederate soldiers of Picketts dl-
! vision. who survived their charge at Gettys-
! burg and those of the Union army still living
by whom il was heroically resisted. Inc
I f-aterlial meeting of these soldiers upon the
/ blttle field. where twenty-four years ago in
/ deadly fray they iiercely sought each others
Ives, where they saw their comrades fail and
/ VI re all their thoughts were of vengeance
! and destruction will illustrate the general
/ impulse of brave men and their honest de-
! size for peace and reconciliation. The
! friendly assault there to be made
WILL. BE REsISTLESs,
! because INSPECTED BY American chivalry, and
/ its results will be glorious, because con-
quercd flags viii be its trophies of success.
| Thereafter this battlefield will be conse-
cinall the